GRH Infectious diseases

Canine brucellosis is an infectious and zoonotic disease caused by a bacterium called Brucella canis which is highly contagious between dogs. This disease is uncommonly encountered in the UK and is a reportable disease. Due to the increase in numbers of dogs being imported into the UK from Eastern Europe, where the infection is endemic, the risk of this disease in the UK is increasing, and the first reported case of dog to human transmission has now been reported. Brucellosis in dogs can cause reproductive signs including abortion and infertility, but many animals may be asymptomatic. The greatest risk of exposure is contact with aborted tissue or reproductive fluids. This short webinar discusses the clinical presentation, available diagnostic tests and treatment options for this emerging infectious disease. This webinar is provided by BSAVA Education Partner IDEXX. A collection of IDEXX ‘topic of the month’ webinars is available here.

Josh Walker presents a discussion of Alabama Rot including case examples, an approach to diagnosis and management of acute kidney injury; as well as, responding to audience questions. This 1 hour 30 minute webinar is a recording of the live session from this Regions Now event, brought to you by our North West Region. Regions Now events comprise an introductory lecture with supporting content available one week before a live lecture. This is followed by a one-week online discussion forum allowing participants to offer observations about the lessons learned and describe their own experience in handling cases. Regions Now sessions are free to BSAVA members and available for non-members to book - visit the Regions page of the BSAVA website for details of future Regions Now events. Recordings will be available for 3 years via the BSAVA Webinar Library.

Lisa Morrow and Allison German, contributors to the forthcoming BSAVA Manual of Shelter Medicine: Principles of Health and Welfare in A Multi-animal Environment, discuss how to recognize and manage parvovirus in cats in a shelter environment.

Microorganisms interact continuously with animal hosts. Occasionally this leads to infection and disease in the host. Detection and identification of an infecting microorganism depends on good sampling technique, competent laboratory methodology and an understanding of the pathogenicity of specific microorganisms. This chapter looks at collection and storage of samples for culture, microscopy and staining, bacterial and fungal identification, significance of bacterial isolates, PCR testing, antigen detection and serology, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, in-practice bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing and multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens. The chapter also includes case examples.